Upper Horfield Community Trust

UHCT is a community centre operating in the grounds of the Eden Grove Methodist Church on Eden Grove in Horfield. We were established in 1999 and have worked to improve our local community since then. Our efforts are funded in part by hall hire, and we have a number of rooms and halls available as well as equipment and services. Our Hall hire rates are very competitive.

We can offer our Main Hall, suitable for up to 150 people and measuring around 10 Metres by 14. This hall has a wooden floor and comes with tables and chairs as required.

The Church itself is also available for hire, offering similar sized accommodation to the main hall, with an additional small kitchen.

Our Community Room measures around 9 x 9 metres, offering space for up to around 70 people, and a comfortable classroom environment for larger groups up to around 45. This hall is equipped with a hearing loop, PA system and HD projector with a 105 inch screen if required that can be used wire free.

The larger halls are available for £20 per hour.

We have a number of smaller meeting rooms as well, including our Board Room and New Room, suitable for around 14 - 40 people.

All rooms and halls should have sufficient tables and chairs.

We have a large private car park, which has been recently resurfaced and the buildings all have ramps where required for disabled access.

There is also a lovely outside garden space, fully enclosed, that is for the use of guests as required, so you can have a bouncy castle or similar entertainment there as well.

We can offer projectors and screens, flip charts and paper, laptops, sound systems and assistance to get any of this equipment working as required for you. 

Our on site community cafe, Daisy's, can offer a tasty meal as well as refreshments packages or buffet lunches. They also bake some lovely homemade cakes, and can do so to order in required.

In addition to these services we have a number of groups we run and support here, including a computer group and a computer animation group, a creative writing group and a craft and chat group, all free to attend for the benefit of the community. We have art classes, gentle exercise and chair aerobics, Tai Chi, Yoga, martial arts with Hapkido, a garden club, Bristol Scrabble Club, Movie club, Pilates with Fusion fitness as well and also run free community events several times a year. We operate a Bristol Credit Union outreach branch here where you can get information and apply for membership to open an account or loan with an ethical establishment.

In addition to all this we do our best to help our local community; if you have issues you need help with, we may be able to help you. We can help you with forms and information, IT support for community, reaching your local people of interest, or if you just need some space or a chat and cuppa.

Give us a call on 0117 969 00 11, drop us an email at [email protected] or just pop in - the UHCT office is in the green and blue 'Hut' building in the rear grounds of the Methodist Church.